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insectifuge |
insectile |
insection |
insectivora |
insectivore |
insectivorous
| insectlike
| insectologer
| insectology
| insecure
| insecurely
insectivorous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective insectivorous has 1 sense
- insectivorous(a = adj.all) Array - (of animals and plants) feeding on insects; Array Antonyms: carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous
Derived forms noun insectivore2, noun insectivore1
CIDE DICTIONARY
insectivorous, a. [See Insectivora.].
Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
insectivorous
cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, dietetic, dining, eating, feeding, flesh-eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, grain-eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass-eating, herbivorous, insect-eating, lactovegetarian, man-eating, meat-eating, mensal, nourishing, nutritious, omnivorous, omophagous, pantophagous, phytivorous, phytophagous, plant-eating, postprandial, prandial, predacious, preprandial, vegetable-eating, vegetarian
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